CINCINNATI REDS +135Even at his best, the Reds have been one team that has given Roy Halladay problems. The Reds always managed to scratch out a 2-1 type win, or otherwise pile on some runs with a big home run. And this is a different Roy Halladay and a different Phillies team. Now, I am not a huge fan of Mike "The Thief" Leake, but his pitching is usually better than his shoplifting, and the kid has done a great job keeping guys off base in August.

COLORADO ROCKIES +190Yes, I have written bad things about Alex White in the past.

Why the Rockies against the NL Cy Young contender? The Mets have not exactly been setting the world on fire lately. The offense has been a no-show over the past few weeks. Meanwhile, the Rockies have been putting up runs in bunches. AND, if you look at the splits, the Rockies team offense on the road is as productive at the Mets team offense at home.

GIANTS, DODGERS UNDER 6.0 -120Two very good pitchers in Bumgarner and Kershaw and one very friendly park for said pitching.

UNDERDOG SPECIALCHICAGO CUBS RUN LINE +1.5 +105 I
don't see how you can lay -255 on the Reds with Latos starting. Why -
the guy rarely pitches deep into the game. You can call BS and point to
back-to-back complete games a few months ago, but I say look at his
pitch counts and see that he is tapped out at 100-110 pitches. If the
Cubs can work the count, Latos is out by the 6th and in comes the Reds
pen, which is decent, but average. By the way, Volstad and Cubs beat the
Reds two starts ago. I'm taking the run line in case it's close and
Marmol is brought in to "save" the game.

PHILLIES, BREWERS OVER 9.0 -115Kyle Kendrick. Randy Wolf. Two bombs that can go off at any moment.TWINS, MARINERS OVER 7.5 -110Deduno
sports a 4-0 record and he's got that 3.38 ERA and the Twinkies have
won 6 of his 7 starts, with those six being consecutive. Underlying
those stats shows signs of trouble ahead: among the worst BB/9 ratios
in the majors which drives up that 1.5-1.6 WHIP. He plays with
fire. Somehow the Twins have been scoring ~7 runs per game for Deduno,
and with Beavan on the mound (he does not miss many bats), they look
good to continue that run support. This game should go over.

NEW YORK YANKEES -153Josh
Beckett looks to get shelled on Sunday Night Baseball. He's given up 5
home runs in his last two starts. But on top of that, look at his GB-FB
ratios on those games: 7-13 and 7-14. Beckett has been a dud all season
and he figures to be in a mess again.

GOOD LUCK EVERYBODY

QUESTION TO ALL:
What gives with the Marlins (Johnson) and Rockies (Pomeranz) line with
the Rockies as only +113 underdogs? It's not my style, but I am tempted
to take the Rockies.